District 26-M2 Newsletters
Message from the District Governor Michelle
Hello Lions & Friends!
Ok, I blinked again and Our trip to Australia for International Convention and my induction as District Governor is over and in the past. Our trip was fabulous even with the delays and detours, as that is what makes all the memories! Since we have returned, we have visited clubs to help with their carnivals, food stands, celebrate 100 Year Anniversaries, install new officers, induct New Club Members, and anything else we can do to help a club celebrate or work to support their communities! Our communities and the people in Our Communities are important and it is important that we let them know we are here to help! [See photos elsewhere in this newsletter].
Just returned from Lions Mission 1.5 training in Orlando, Florida, with the Global Membership Chair, Lion Joe Foster, and Global Extension Chair, Lion Eugene Taylor, as we met with other members of Missouri and the United States to set some goals and exchange ideas on spreading the word about Lions and growing our pride to be able to serve with 300 million hands. We can do this just by showing our passions and
excitement about lions and others will want to join! Please help share the excitement about Lions and what we do to help the betterment of Our World.
If your club hasn’t already, please make sure that you send in your Club visit form as I am excited to visit you and your club. Remember the zone chairs are happy to assist you in any way possible as well as the Global Action Team and of course I am here to help as well. We are all just plain lions with the passion to help others! [See the Governor’s Visit form elsewhere in this newsletter].
Let’s light those passions, so they throw some sparks and create some smoke to send the message about the difference we are making and the fun we are having!
Hope to see you before, but if not, please join me at the next Cabinet Meeting, Monday, October 7th, at the Eureka Elks Lodge, 19 W. 1st Street, Eureka, MO 63025,
6:30pm, 7:00pm meal.
Reigniting Passions!
Lion Michelle Foster,
District Governor
Message from 1st Vice District Governor Wally
Fellow Lions,
WWhat a time to be a Lion! Service project pportunities are everywhere. Big or small they count toward the health and wellbeing of our community.
Service to the community can always be broken down to mean service to the individual. Be it collecting can goods for the local food pantry or screening young school kids for eye problems, the well being of the whole is improved.
We hear a lot of talk about how we need more members and more clubs. The idea being that with increased numbers of Lions and Clubs, we can reach more people in more communities with more serve.
There are many people out there that think that Lions are a small group that somehow got their emblem on the community welcome sign along the highway. Somehow we must get the word out that we are more than just part of a welcome sign. In some areas we are very up front and people know us well, while there are others that do not know what we do.
LIONS LET’S BE LOUD AND PROUD.
An unknown poet once said “When you pull on a blade of grass, you are pulling on the entire earth”.
Remember we serve “ONE PLANET AND ONE PEOPLE”.
Lion Wallace Brumfield,
1st Vice District Governor
Message from 2nd Vice District Governor - Jeff Rackovan
Greetings Lions of 26-M2!!!
Here we are, one month into the new Lionistic year! I am very excited to be on the leadership team working with our Leadership! DG Lion Michele has started us off with a bang!! We have Eye Missions, Community Fairs, Car Shows, Service and work opportunities, already in progress. It was a great Cabinet meeting to hear all of the exciting things that are going on. I do know from hearing the zone reports, all clubs are busy, busy BUSY!!
I look forward to working with the team and all the clubs in our district as the Lions Year Progresses!!
Together we can, and will make a difference.
So VERY Excited to be a Lion!!
Be the Difference
Lion Jeff Rackovan,
2nd Vice District Governor
Deadline for the next issue of The Lions That Roar is October 12, 2024.
Now is the time to for you to get an article in spotlighting your club or a special event. Do you have a “Did You Know” article? Pictures will be used
whenever possible. Do you want to share why you became a Lion? Maybe you can inspire others.
Please send to the Editor Lion Dave Kinkade at editor@lions26m2.org.
NOTE: Unless otherwise stated, the District 26-M2 “The Lions That Roar” newsletter is published bimonthly.
Following is the “ROAR” schedule for the
Lion year of 2024 – 2025.
Unless otherwise noted above, please send articles for
publication by the 12th of the month of publication.
August 2024
October 2024
December 2024
February 2025
April 2025
June 2025